Specification

Rainbow Deck 1.16 specification

Regular cards

Tens digitColorDark/LightDice suitPoker suitLetters
0RedDark1SpadesA, C, D
1PinkLight1HeartsA, B, C, D
2OrangeDark2ClubsE, F
3YellowLight2DiamondsE, G, H
4Dark GreenDark3SpadesH, I, J, K, L
5Light GreenLight3HeartsI, L
6Dark BlueDark4ClubsL, M, N, O
7Light BlueLight4DiamondsN, O
8Dark PurpleDark5SpadesP, Q, R, S
9Light PurpleLight5HeartsR, S, T
10BlackDark6ClubsT, W, X
11GrayLight6DiamondsT, U, V, W, Y, Z

The regular cards run 0-9 in each suit, plus J, Q, and K (signifying Jack, Queen, and King). Thus, suit 0 runs 00-09, plus 0J, 0Q, and 0K. Suit 1 runs 10-19, plus 1J, 1Q, and 1K, and so on.

Among other things, this means that by combining suit number and card number (tens digit and ones digit, with a hundreds digit for suits 10 and 11), you can obtain cards marked with a continuous sequence of integers from 00-119.

The tens digits are shown in suit colors. For example, on the 01 card, the 0 is in red.

Jokers

Dice suitDark/LightSpecial
1DarkTitle card
2Light
3Light
4Dark
5Dark
6Light

Each Joker displays a color wheel with the colors and suit numbers for the 12 suits 0-11.

Letters

LetterValueQuantity in deck
A113
B32
C34
D27
E119
F43
G23
H49
I111
J81
K51
L16
M34
N110
O111
P33
Q101
R19
S110
T114
U14
V42
W44
X81
Y43
Z101
Total156

In addition, the 6 Jokers can be used as blanks or wilds with value 0, for a total of 162 cards (every card in the deck).

The letter values are taken from Scrabble.

Because of printing issues, in version 1.16 of the RainbowDeck, the letters do not run in strict alphabetical order from card 00 through 11K (see the Regular cards table). This will change in version 1.17.